DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

12:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry delivers opening remarks at the Secretary's Open Forum where Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey presents on U.S. Security and Foreign Policy, at the Department of State.

3:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with President Obama and Vice President Biden, at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Republic of Korea Ambassador to the U.S. Young-jin Choi, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH

1:45 p.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting with African Leaders, at the White House)

5:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with President of Malawi Joyce Banda.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with former President of Lebanon Amine Pierre Gemayel, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the White House.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers informal remarks and participates in a roundtable discussion at the State International Development Organization’s Washington Forum, at The Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel. Please click here for more information.
7:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a dinner in honor of four African leaders, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa, at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
11:15 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Bangladesh Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Mahbub Ahmed, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to participate in an American Business Council roundtable. He speaks to students at the American University in Sharjah about U.S. economic policy in the region. He also holds meetings with a range of business leaders to discuss ways to promote economic growth.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility Dr. Naoko Ishii, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL KOZAK
3:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Kozak meets with Ambassador of Hungary to the U.S. Gyorgy Szapáry, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS JOE YUN
Acting Assistant Secretary Yun is on foreign travel to China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. Please click here for more information.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN

2:00 p.m. Director McKean meets with Swedish Ambassador to the U.S. Jonas Hafstrom and Ministry for Foreign Affairs Political Adviser and Chief of Staff Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona, at the Department of State.